Folding carton



June 11, 1935.

E, B. WHITEHEAD FOLDING CARTON Filed July 51, 1935 ATTORNEY.

Patented June 11, 1935 c 1 l I 'UfN'IT-EDYTSTATEs PATENT 1 oF FIcEflFOLDING CARTON Earl B. Whitehead, Norwich, Conn., assignor toAtlantic'Carton Corporation, Norwich, ConnL, a corporation ofConnecticut Application July 31,1933, Serial No. 083,041

2 Claims. (01. 20645) This invention relates to improvements in when itis in shipping position. The sections l2 boxes and is directedmore'particularly to imand I4 are foldable along the scored lines to lieprovements in fo-ldable cartons. adjacent one another when the box is inset-up One object of the invention isv the provision of position asshown in Fig. 3. n a box which may be easily and quickly folded Ifdesired, section l2 may be cut as at 13 to either into a displayposition or a shipping posiprovide a panel flap I5. In this way, whenthe'tion as maybe desired. As a further object, the box is in displayposition the portion l5 will ex- I box of the invention is provided withmeans for tend upwardly as shown. Thus is provided a forming atier ortiers for supporting articles in novel top fiap'which not only serves toclose the I relatively raised positions in the box. The box is top ofthe box when itis to be usedior shipping simple and economical tomanufacture and is sebut which serves as a distinctive display panelcure, and strong in both display and shipping when the box is in set-upposition. positions. My novel means of supporting articles inithe Theinvention will be more fully described in box when in set-up positionwill now be described. 7, connection. with the accompanying drawing, Tothe lower marginal edge of. one of the walls 15 wherein is hinged whatmay be called a bottom flap mem- Fig. l is a plan view of the carton ofthe inher 30. This flap is adapted to extendacross the vention' inknock-down position; bottom of the box and has'on' its forward end Fig.2 is a perspective view of the carton in a tab portion 32 which, whenthe box is in set-up display set-up position. position either forshipping or display, may lie 20 Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionalelevational view adjacent the inside of that wall'of theb'ox which ofthe box in display set-up position. v is opposite the wall to which theflap 30 is Fig; 4 is a. small-scale sectional elevational hinged. 1 I vview of thebox arranged for shipping. I The bottom member30 is providedwith -an-op- I .Fig. 5 is a small-scale plan view of thebottom em'n '34"int rm diate s pp s t dsw h 25 of the box shown in Fig. 4. I functionsin a manner which will soon appear.

Fig. 6 is a partial plan view of a'modified form o the low marginal d ofthe wall of of the invention in knock-down position, and the box, whichis opposite the .wall'to whichthe Fig. '7 is a small scale partialsectional elevabOttOmfiaD is Connected, hinged r tional view of the boxof Fig. 6 in set-up position. g flap member 0- This p s Scored. S a 0Referring to the drawing more in detail, the to provide certain foldablesections which maybe invention will now be described. so disposed as toform tiers on which articles Thebox shownin knock-down position in Fig.1 within the'box may be supported. I has a front wall 2, arear wall 4'and side walls 6. The section of the flap Zllnearest the wall to 5 Thewalls are hingedly connected at their side which it is hinged may becalled a connecting marginal edges and the'side walls 6 preferablysection 22. To this is hinged aspacer section have their upper marginaledges sloping as shown 24, which in turn is connected to a supportingfor reasons whichwill shortly appear. section 26.: Another, spacersection 28 may be To the upper marginal edge of the rear wall 4connected to the other side ofv thesupporting 401 ishinged atop flapmember'fi which is adapted to section 26 andv is of course preferably ofthe close the top of the box. This member 8' is..pref same width asthespacer 24. In this Way,- the erably scored to provide three sections asshown flap 20 may be folded as shown in Fig. 3sothat in Fig. 1 so thatit may serve also as a display a tier is formed, preferably adjacent therear of panel. the box. Thus articles such as boxes B may be Theforemost of these sections may be called supported in relatively raisedpositions as shown. 45

a front tab portion l0 and is adapted to lie ad- When it is desired tohave the box in shipping I jacent the inside of the front wall 2 whenthe position, the tier-forming flap member 25! may be box is in shippingposition, as shown in Fig. 4, folded and inserted in the opening 34 'tolie and adjacent the inside of the rear wall 4 when adjacent the bottomflap 3!], as shown in Figs. 4 I

v the box is in display position, as shown in Fig. 3. and 5. In this waya compact and novel shipping 50 A section I2 of. the flap may be calleda panel container is provided. section and is that section adjacent thewall 4. In the preferred form of the invention, the An intermediatesection M connects the panel other two walls of the box, which in theform section [2 to the front tab 10 and together with shown in Fig. Ihappen to be the side walls 6,

the section lZserves to cover the top of the box have relatively smallflaps 1' hinged to their 55 lower marginal edges. These flaps are notessential to the novelty of the box but contribute 'to its strength andsecurity in that they are a rear wall 4 and side walls 6. Side flaps Ifare hinged to the loweromarginal edges of the walls 6'. A bottom flapmember 40 isshown hinged to the rear walls 4 and is providedwith spacedopenings 42 and 44. A tier-forming flap is hingedly connected to thefront. wall .2 and consists of a plurality of sections similar to theform previously described;

Adjacent thewall 2 is a connecting section 53 and to it is hinged aspacer section 55., A supporting section 52 has one side connected tothis section and its opposite side connected to a spacer section 58.Another connecting portion55 connects the last-named spacer 58 to aspacer 51 while a second supporting tab 54 is hinged at'i opposite sidesto spacers 51 and 59'.

In this way, the flap 50 may be folded as shown in Fig. 7 so that itsconnecting portions 53 and 55 lie adjacent the outside of the bottomflap 40 with the supporting sections 52 and 54 supported within theopenings "and 44 by the two pairs of spacers 5B and '58 and '51 and59grespectively. In the preferred form of the 'invention therlast spacersection such as v59 will lie adjacent the inside of-the rear wall asshown;

It is a novel feature of this invention, but it is not desired to belimited thereby, that the sup-1 porting sections such as 52 and 54 varyin height,-

preferably those supporting sections in the rear of the box being'higherthan those atthe forward end, so that articles such as boxes B may bedisplayedlmore attractively and seen more readily. This may beaccomplished of course by varying the widths of the spacer sections.Tothis end then, the spacers 56 and 58,,whichsupport the forwardsupporting section 52 are shown to be less in width-than the spacers 51and 59 which supportthe rear supporting section '54.

The widths of the connectingportions such as .53 Yand55 may vary,it'being preferable of course that they be at least the width of thedistances between'the'openings such'as 42 and the the invention articlesare also supported'by the forward part of the bottom flap as shownandwhen the carton is arranged for shipping allthe articles are broughtinto the same plane with those articles supported by the bottom flap.

If desired, the front wall such as 2 may have a portion cut out asshown-so that the foremost articles are better displayed.

, While I have described my invention in great detail and with respectto preferrediembodiments thereof, I do not desire to belimited to suchdetail'or embodiments since many changes and modifications may be madewithout departing from the spirit and scope of the inventioninfits'broader aspects. Hence, what I desire to claim as new andsecurebyLettersPatent of the United Statesis: Y

1-; A foldable shipping and display box of the class describedcomprising in combination, vertically-extendlng front and rear walls ofequaltielly horizontal positionbetweenthe lower mar! f 'rnal'edges ofsaid w'alls'ahd a tab portion for lying'adjacent the inside of saidfront wall, said body portion'being provided with an-openl'ng' therein;-and a foldable tier-forming member hingedly. connected 'to the lowermarginal ed'g'e of said frontwall and'score'd along certain' line'sparallel with said lower marginal edge' or the front walltoincludesuccessively a connecting section adjacent said front wall for'lyinga'dj'a cent the outside of said bottom flap memberfa spacer section forextending upwardly within said opening 'at substantiallyrightanglestosaid bottom flap member} a supporting section for extending insubstantial parallelism and above said bottom flap andanother spacersection for extending in parallelism with said first spacer section. 1

2. A foldable: shipping and display box of the class describedcomprising in combination, ver-' tic'ally-extending front and rear wallmembers hingedly connected by side walls, abottomiflap member hingedlyconnected to the lower marginal edge of one of said wall' members forextending in a substantially horizontalposition between the lowermarginal edges of said wall members and provided with an openingtherein, andafoldable tier-forming inemberhingedly connected tov thelower marginal edge of the opposite wall mt-unber and scored-alongcertain lines parallel with the lower marginal edges of the wall,members to in-' clude successively a connecting section for lyingadjacent the outside of said bottom flap a spacersection for extendingupwardly within saidopen-' ing, a supporting, section for extending inparallelism with said bottom 'fiapand another spacer section forextending in parallelism with said spacer section.

EARL B. WHI'I'EHEADI-

